Green Homes & Building Pro, Inc.
5300 Ocean Blvd., Suite 904
Sarasota, FL 34242
941-349-0777
Green Homes & Buildings Pro
Green Homes & Buildings Pro is a builder and developer of residential and commercial properties. President and Founder Wendy Cooper is a LEED Accredited Professional  who guides developers, building teams, homebuyers, and homeowners to incorporate sustainable principles, products and technologies into their new construction and renovations. Cooper consults within the commercial, institutional and residential sectors of the green building industry. The company’s services include: LEED administration for firms that want to outsource the certification process, green office analysis and project consultation for new constructions an renovations. The company aggressively recycles and has implemented energy conservation measures such as using compact fluorescent bulbs. It always gives the environmental aspects of an issue equal consideration along with customer needs, operation and other factors.

Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc.
1733 Northgate Blvd.
Sarasota, FL 34234
941-351-3154
Gulf Coast Signs of Sarasota, Inc.
Gulf Coast Signs has integrated environmental stewardship into how it does business. The company uses only natural lighting in its office areas during the day, conscientiously reuses paper, cardboard boxes and residue from its sign manufacturing. It has also switched to a new painting method that greatly reduces air pollutants. Gulf Coast Signs engages its employees in its environmental goals and policies at weekly meetings and all other forms of company communications.

Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice
601 Tamiami Trail S.
Venice, FL 34293
941-486-4600
Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice
With assets of $260 million, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice has provided $72 million in grants in the areas of arts and culture, health and human services, education, civic affairs and the environment. The foundation encourages nonprofit organizations to build green, and it supports environmental conservation and education through its grants. During its Green Business application, the foundation determined that it could purchase more than 72,000 kilowatts of green energy through Florida Power & Light's Sunshine Energy for Business Program. The foundation has also appointed a "green team" to conduct an environmental audit of its office, research best practices and make recommendations to the rest of the staff. 

Gulf Pride Painting and Decorating Co.
337 Bay Vista Ave.
Osprey, FL 34229
941-460-0469
This is a home-based business that has designated its own "green team" to plan and monitor environmental programs. The company has implemented several measures to minimize waste. Paint leftover from a job is either used as a primer for the next job or is recycled. The company uses only paints that are low in air-polluting organic compounds, and it solicits only work that is located close to it office locations, to minimize fuel consumption.